"Acting": Hawaiian Children's Resistance to Teachers.

D'Amato, John

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ERIC Number: EJ372539

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Publication Date: 1988

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"Acting": Hawaiian Children's Resistance to Teachers.

D'Amato, John

Elementary School Journal, v88 n5 p529-44 May 1988

Describes "acting," a process of group resistance to teachers among low-income Hawaiian children that occurs at the beginning of the school year. Relates this process to the children's peer group norms and discusses ways in which classrooms can be adapted to the peer culture of Hawaiian children. (SKC)

Descriptors: Educational Research, Elementary Education, Low Income Groups, Minority Group Children, Peer Relationship, Student Adjustment, Student Attitudes, Teacher Student Relationship

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Audience: Researchers; Practitioners

Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Hawaii

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